by EmilyDickinsonXXXIVTill the EndXXXV It was not death, for I stood up,
And all the dead lie down;
It was not night, for all the bells
Put out their tongues, for noon. It was not frost…
by Emily Dickinson
Unreturning
XXV
XXIV
Whether my bark went down at sea,
Whether she met with gales,
Whether to isles enchanted
She bent her docile sails;
By what mystic mooring
She is held…
by Emily Dickinson
The Lonely House
Dawn
XVI
To fight aloud is very brave,
But gallanter, I know,
Who charge within the bosom,
The cavalry of woe.
Who win, and nations do not see,
Who fall,…
by Emily Dickinson
Almost!
IX
VIII
A wounded deer leaps highest,
I've heard the hunter tell;
'T is but the ecstasy of death,
And then the brake is still.
The smitten rock that gushes,
The…
by EmilyDickinsonVenturesXXXIVGriefs Griefs I measure every grief I meet
With analytic eyes;
I wonder if it weighs like mine,
Or has an easier size. I wonder if they bore it long,…
by EmilyDickinson
Preface
Life
Transcriber's Note
As is well documented, Emily Dickinson's poems were edited in these early editions by her friends, better to fit the conventions of the times…
by EmilyDickinsonThe TulipNature's Changes Nature's Changes The springtime's pallid landscape
Will glow like bright bouquet,
Though drifted deep in parian
The village lies to-day.…
by EmilyDickinsonMelodies UnheardCalled Back Called Back Just lost when I was saved!
Just felt the world go by!
Just girt me for the onset with eternity,
When breath blew back,
And on the…
by EmilyDickinsonOut of the MorningMother Nature Mother Nature Nature, the gentlest mother,
Impatient of no child,
The feeblest or the waywardest, —
Her admonition mild In forest and the…
by EmilyDickinsonThe SnowThe Blue Jay The Blue Jay No brigadier throughout the year
So civic as the jay.
A neighbor and a warrior too,
With shrill felicity Pursuing winds that censure us…
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